How do cancer patients navigate the public information environment? Understanding patterns and motivations for movement among information sources

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 360-370

  Nagler, Rebekah H ^a   Romantan, Anca ^a,b   Kelly, Bridget J ^a,c   Stevens, Robin S ^a,d   Gray, Stacy W ^a,e   Hull, Shawnika J ^a   Ramirez, A Susana ^a   Hornik, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementarity theory; Cross source engagement; Grounded theory; Information seeking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROSTATE TUMOR; PUBLICATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEWSPAPERS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77957911457     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-010-0054-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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